noun:

• variety of soba (buckwheat noodles)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to raise an objection; to voice an opinion different from those of others

expression:

• It's a piece of cake; It's a simple task; It's a cinch ➜ 御茶の子【おちゃのこ】

noun:

• as a matter of social courtesy

noun:

• any bird of family Motacillidae (excluding the pipits) - obscure term ➜ 鶺鴒
• lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus) ➜ 時鳥

expression / ichidan verb:

• to remain faithful to the memory of one's husband and never remarry

noun:

• sense of urgency; feeling of high tension

noun:

• an expression; phraseology

noun:

• type of picture book popular in the late Edo period

noun:

• essence of mint

noun:

• expansion of armaments ➜ 軍備拡張

noun:

• Straits of Taiwan

noun:

• state of mind; (one's) mental state

noun:

• everyday robes worn by males of the imperial family, nobility, etc. (from the Heian period onward)

noun / ~の noun:

• off an island; away from an island; off-island ➜ 島内【とうない】

noun:

• percentage of correct answers

noun:

• study of fish; ichthyology

noun:

• site of a bloody battle

noun:

• crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci)

expression:

• (villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather; badgers of the same hole [literal] - idiom

noun:

• Council of Social Welfare - from 社会福祉協議会 - abbreviation

noun / ~する noun:

• conferral of a posthumous rank

noun:

• Sutra of Immeasurable Life ➜ 浄土三部経

noun:

• something indicative of

noun:

• region on Japan Sea side of Japan west of Tokyo; Nagano and Niigata